Since its first launch 25 years ago, the Ginvera Green Tea Skincare series has remained popular in the Asia market with its highly effective products. Originating in Singapore, this complete skincare seriesis now available in the UK.The series contains Green Tea extract as its main ingredient, enhanced with soybean extract and herbal ingredients to restore skins luminance and clarity the natural way.Green Tea, with its cocktail of potent antioxidants called catechins, exists as a powerful natural anti-oxidant (one cup of green tea contains approx.

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If you developed a seriously painful toothache, would you head to the emergency room to get it taken care of?

In an ideal world, probably not. But lacking access to regular care from a dentist, an estimated 830,590 Americans sought help for their dental ailments in the E.R. in 2009, according to a report released yesterday from the Pew Center on the States.

That represents a 16% increase from 2006, according to the report, which pulled information on E.R. visits from a database maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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Lord [Richard] Layard is good at telling Britain’s psychologists what they want to hear. His book Happiness: Lessons From a New Science argued that they held the key to increasing happiness and wellbeing, and led to the then Labour government rolling out the large-scale provision of cognitive behaviour therapy available through the NHS.

Earlier this month, the economist was seeking support from clinical psychologists for his latest initiative, Action for Happiness. According to the movement’s website, there are 10 “keys to happier living”. These include taking a positive approach, having goals to look forward to and finding ways to bounce back.

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You may have read in the news the latest prostate cancer screening recommendation issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This federal advisory panel also called for comments regarding its recommendation that, “For men age 75 years or older and for those whose life expectancy is 10 years or fewer, the incremental benefit from treatment of prostate cancer detected by screening is small to none.”

This advice is not new. The same recommendation was made three years ago. The r

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